Recipe: Perfect Omelette With Preserved Sweet Turnip /Radish (Chye Poh)

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Omelette With Preserved Sweet Turnip /Radish (Chye Poh). The preserved sweet-salty radish called 'choi poh' in Cantonese is a universal favourite. Traditional Chinese preserves is the latest project. Choi Poh Omelette: a much loved home-style omelette with sweet salty preserved radish.

Omelette With Preserved Sweet Turnip /Radish (Chye Poh) It is a dish that brings back sweet memories and rekindles old taste. Preserved radish is also known as chai poh in Hokkian languange. You will see it written as choi poh (in Cantonese), chye poh or cai poh. You can cook Omelette With Preserved Sweet Turnip /Radish (Chye Poh) using 5 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Omelette With Preserved Sweet Turnip /Radish (Chye Poh)

  1. It's 5 of small eggs.
  2. You need dash of salt and pepper.
  3. It's dash of light soy sauce.
  4. It's 120 grams of dice sweet turnip / raddish.
  5. It's of (Optional)Addition add on quarter cup of Grated Parmesan Cheese.

The addition of chai poh in cooking sure adds that extra crunch, savory and sweet to the dish. Omelets with pickles like this Preserved Radish Omelet (Chai Poh Nooi) are more often served with congee because pickles taste better with congee. A popular dish cooked with preserved radish is Char Koay Kak. Only a small amount is used here but it does make a difference.

Omelette With Preserved Sweet Turnip /Radish (Chye Poh) step by step

  1. Season the eggs with salt and pepper then set aside.
  2. With oil pan fry the sweet preserved turnip / raddish then add in optional red chili pepper and the seasoned beaten eggs.
  3. Once the eggs starting to set (IF USING PARMESAN CHEESE NOW IS THE TIME TO ADD ON) then turn it over (I was careless) my omelette broke into big pieces...
  4. Pressed the omelette firm and flat then once its lightly brown add a dash of light soy sauce then off heat and serve.
  5. Do it again today, Omelette With Sweet Turnip /Radish (Chye Poh) added parmesan cheese and top with onion sambal.
  6. Omelette With Sweet Turnip / Radish (Chye Poh) With Parmesan Cheese TOP Onion Sambal On Fresh Tomato.

Few healthy dishes where you can use sweet preserved radish are Green Beans, Steamed Fish, or even in an Omelette. You can also actually experiment a new dish using this! The main ingredient for this omelette is the Chinese preserved radish (菜脯). There are two versions, sweet preserved radish, and salted preserved radish. Delicious, truly authentic, fast & easy.